Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 4
Minister for School Education & SCERT Yitachu while expressing that Meluri sub-division under Phek district is the richest land in the state has called upon people of the area to extend support to the government to develop its potentials and help Nagas move forward.
“We occupy a very strategic location and it is high time we ponder on how to help other Nagas,” Yitachu said while addressing a mammoth gathering during the inauguration of full-fledged Meluri Town Council on April 2 last. He said Meluri Sub Division has potentials of making Nagaland self-sufficient in power generation while there are also huge deposits of minerals and limestone.
He therefore said that people of the area should be willing to support in developing power generation for industrial growth.
Further, the Minister expressed that once the International Trade route between India and Myanmar is opened through Avakhung village of the sub-division, doors will be opened for South East Asian countries.
This will make Meluri strategically located for commercial activities and industrialization, he said. In this connection the Yitachu appealed to the people of area not to disturb the government in developing power so that mineral industry can be boosted, which will ultimately lead the Nagas forward, instead of only depending on funds provided by the Centre.
“We have to practically use the available resources instead of simply claiming the availability of resources,” he said. Meanwhile, Yitachu acknowledged Chief Minister TR Zeliang for granting full-fledged town to Meluri. Describing Zeliang as a ‘very courageous Chief Minister’ of the state, he recalled that “Zeliang handled the affairs of the State during the most difficult period being faced by total financial crisis”.
Nagaland being a salaried economy, such financial crisis would created major problems in the State, but Chief Minister Zeliang has not failed to pay the salaries of government employees, he added.
